CVE-2017-4945

Summary

CVECVE-2017-4945
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-05 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
DescriptionVMware Workstation (14.x and 12.x) and Fusion (10.x and 8.x) contain a guest access control vulnerability. This issue may allow program execution via Unity on locked Windows VMs. VMware Tools must be updated to 10.2.0 for each VM to resolve CVE-2017-4945. VMware Tools 10.2.0 is consumed by Workstation 14.1.0 and Fusion 10.1.0 by default.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X - All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X - All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 10.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 10.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 10.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 10.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.10 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.8 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.9 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 10.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 10.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 10.1.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 10.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.0 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.0.2 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.10 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.8 All All All
Application Vmware Fusion 8.5.9 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.8 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.9 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 14.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.0.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.0.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.1.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.0 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.1 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.2 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.3 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.4 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.5 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.6 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.7 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.8 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 12.5.9 All All All
Application Vmware Workstation 14.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Multiple VMware Products Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware vRealize Operations for Horizon and vRealize Operations for Published Applications Lets Local Users Obtain System Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMware Workstation/Fusion Bugs Let Local Users on a Guest System Bypass Security Restrictions on the Guest System and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information on the Host System - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
VMSA-2018-0003 CONFIRM www.vmware.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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